# Electrical burns, unspecified at Gordon Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054304` · 5/26/2021 · TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Gordon Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** County Road 1630 & Old Indian Hwy, TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA, 74571
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket constructing a new electrical distribution line. The employee was connecting a primary phase to a pole. While holding the primary phase in his right hand, his left hand was on the controls of the bucket. A metal part of the bucket contacted a live, energized line and the employee was shocked. The employee also sustained burns to both hands.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*